Read Stuff, You Should: Brown, 60 Years Later

Happy Birthday to Rick Reuschel, 64. What a fun pitcher to watch, at least during his Giants years. He had reduced motion to minimal effort; full efficiency. A legitimate fringe Hall of Fame candidate, but his strengths were in areas not rewarded by traditional voters.

Preakness weekend. Haven't looked at the form yet, but hard to see anyone beating California Chrome this time. If I get a chance, I'll tweet my selections before the race. In the meantime, plenty of good stuff:

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg View columnist covering U.S. politics. A political scientist, he previously wrote "A Plain Blog About Politics." He is co-editor of "The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2012."
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